sweetened

past tense of sweeten
as in candied
to make more desirable we really want you to work for our company—what can we do to sweeten the job offer?

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Recent Examples of sweetened Sweets, however – which the researchers defined as sugars, and sweetened foods and beverages – were a different story. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Why Sweet Tea Needs To Be Refrigerated Whether your iced tea is sweetened or unsweetened, it must absolutely be refrigerated. — Natalia Vela, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026 Typically made with commodity-quality beans, this potent cup is brewed in a metal pot or filtered through cloth and sweetened with panela (unrefined cane sugar). — Nikkita Nair, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2026 Because the fall ratings were sweetened by the introduction of Nielsen’s new Big Data + Panel ratings currency, the comps with 2024-25 were basically of the apples-to-pineapples variety. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 There’s also the Matcha Point, a simple matcha made with protein milk and sweetened with French Vanilla flavors. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2026 It’s barely sweetened, so the crepes can cover multiple meals, skewing savory with a filling of melty cheese or cooked vegetables, or sweet, like this one, with jammy fruit. — Julia Sherman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Many caloric or sugar-sweetened beverages don’t offer healthy benefits and can lead to weight gain, which can stress your kidneys and speed up kidney disease progression. — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 25 Aug. 2026 The nutty richness of the sherry is immediately apparent, sweetened and charmed by the orgeat, and the sherry as much as anything is what sets the Fog Cutter apart. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweetened
Verb
  • The edges caramelized and got nice and crispy—almost candied—while the centers stayed pleasantly soft.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Brushed with seasoned butter and topped with bacon ranch, green onion, and candied jalapeños.
    — Bianca Harris, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The destroyer has enhanced electrical power distribution and additional cooling capacity to support its advanced systems.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • If the liminal atmosphere in Backrooms, enhanced by the cinematography of Jeremy Cox, gave you a sense of dread, his camera work on Concrete Turned to Sand will take you into a very different space – oyster farms in British Columbia, Canada.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • Although the food situation has improved since last year’s famine, Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, allowing only a fraction of the daily 600 truckloads required in the cease-fire deal to enter the territory.
    — KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI also did not include full prompts or run-time details for how their agents uncovered the proofs, and officials admitted in a blog post about the results that citations and written descriptions of findings could be improved in future releases.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Sweetened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetened. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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